Doll-face.



Patantod July 9; ISOL- R. GBUSS &. A. BRUCKNERL DOLL FACE.

(Applicltion filed 3m. 15, 1901.)

- (No Model.)

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH GRUSS AND ALBERT BRllOKNER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

DOLL-FACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,2(l4, dated July 9, 1901.

Application filed January 15, 1901. Serial No. 43,326. (No model.)

I vented certain new and useful Improvements in Doll-Faces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved dollface which can be applied to stuffed dollheads, so as to afford a less expensive and I more durable doll face and head than the expensive heads of porcelain and other fragile materials commonly used.

The invention consists in the combination, with a doll-face composed of a layer of paper and a layer of textile fabric suitably printed and molded into shape, of a dummy-head for *said face, said head being of rounded form and adapted to fit into the face and contact with the same at the front and sides of the face for supporting the same.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a doll with our improved doll-face applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front view of the face detached from the head of the doll. Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively a vertical transverse and a horizontal section on lines 3 3 and 4t 4, Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section on line 5 5, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a doll-face, which is made of such size as to cover the front part of a stuffed doll-head. The face is composed of two or more layers of suitable material, the outer layer being preferably of suitable textile fabric, while the inner layer or layers b are made of paper or other suitable material. The outer layer in flat condition is first printed in suitable colors in imitation of the colors of a natural face and cemented to the inner layer, which is also flat, and the two are then .molded together into shape. The printing on the outer layer is so arranged that an attractive face is obtained when the two cemented layers are completely molded into shape. Below the face is an extension forming the neck d and part of the chest 8 of the figure. The completed face is glued or otherwise securely attached to the stuffed dummy head D of the 'the edges of the face.

doll. -The dummy-head is of rounded form, as shown in Fig. 5, and adapted to fit into the face A and contact with the same at the front and sides of the same, so as to afford support to the face and prevent crushing in of the same. The neck and chest extension of the face extends downwardly over the neck and chest of the body of the dummy, as shown in Fig. 5.

When the doll is dressed, the dress 0 covers the neck (1 and chest extension 6, while a hood B, hat, or other ornamentation covers the circumference of the face and back of the doll head, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and conceals If no hood or hat is desired, the same may be omitted and natural hair cemented upon the the head and over the edges of the improved face. When the doll is thus dressed, an attractive and com paratively cheap doll is obtained, the head of which is not liable to break or become injured. The doll-face can be made up in any desired size, so as to be suited for larger as well as smaller sizes of dolls, and placed on the market as an article of manufacture separate from the doll-figures. It has the advantage of permitting the head of the doll to be stuffed like the rest of the doll-figure, so that the head cannot become loose upon or broken off from the same, and thereby renders the doll to a larger extent indestructible than dolls of the ordinary construction.

The hood extends downwardly a short distance upon the body of the dummy, below the neck and head of the same, as shown in Fig. 5. By reason of the fact that the neck and chest extension of the face extends downwardly upon the neck and chest of the dummy a contracted portion is formed in the dollface at the neck, and the tying of the cord of the hood or of the neck-cord of the dress around the dummy and face at the neck, as shown in Fig. 1, aids thereby in securing the doll-face upon the dummy.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a doll-face composed of a layer of paper and a layer of textile fabric suitably printed and molded into shape, of a dummy-head for said face, said head be ing of rounded form and adapted to fit into the face and contact therewith at the front and sides of the same, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a doll-face composed of a layer of paper and a layer of textile fabric suitably printed and molded into shape, of a dummy composed of a body and a head, said head being of rounded form and adapted to fit into the face and contact therewith at the front and sides of the same, and said face being provided with a neck and chest extension extending downwardly upon the body of the dummy, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a doll-face composed of a layer of paper and a layer of textile fabric suitably printed and molded into shape, of a dummy composed of a body and a head, said head being of rounded form and adapted to fit into the face and contact therewith at the front and sides of the same, and said face being provided with a neck and chest extension extending downwardly upon the body, and a hood applied to said head and covering that partof the same not covered by said dollface, said hood also extending downwardly upon the body of the dummy, and a retain ing-cord secured to said hood and passing around the dummy and said doll-face at the neck of the same, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signed our names in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RUDOLPH Gauss. ALBERT BRUOKNER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES SCHOCH, WM. F. WILLARD. 

